UNDP United Nations Development Programme

SUMMARY

The UNDP datasets are from UNDP's Human Development Data. The United Nations Development Programme contains human development data from 1990-2021 on a global, regional, and country/territory-level. Each indicator is linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP is useful for tracking human progression as it relates to SDGs and growth. The indicators are updated annually, and annual data is provided in them.

Primarily, the data team uses this dataset for a couple indicators:

-Education

-Gender Inequality and Development

-Environmental Efforts

For example, SeriesEdYearsAge25UNHDRO and SeriesEnvPaperRec%.

STEPS TO PULL DATA FROM UNDP

1. To pull from UNDP United Nations Development Programme, first navigate to https://hdr.undp.org/data-center

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2. Scroll down. Under the header “What’s inside” click the box “Human Development Index (HDI).”

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3. On the “Human Development Index (HDI)” page, scroll down and click “Downloads and Documentation”

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4. This will bring you to the “Data Downloads” page.  Click your desired indicator and it will download immediately.

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